Service Manual

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10. Remove the shim that is glued onto the axle
housing flange face, only if required, by using a
suitable glue dissolving agent. Removal of this
shim is only required, if the removal of any of the
(6) dowels fixed into the axle housing flange is
required. During removal, the shim could be
destroyed, so replacement with a new shim is
recommended.
Figure 2.19.
11. Remove the (6) dowels from the half rounds in the
axle housing flange, only if required. If being
removed, care should be taken not to damage
the dowels to be reused in later reassembly.
Disassembly of the Axle Shaft, Snap
Ring, Sun Gear Assembly
To complete disassembly of the axle shaft, sun gear,
snap ring sub assembly, use the following
recommended procedure.
Figure 2.18.
1. Remove the axle shaft, sun gear, snap ring and
thrust washer assembly from the axle housing, if
not already removed. (Axle being serviced is less
wet disc brake).The thrust washer may stay within
the spring housing when the axle shaft is removed.
Should the thrust washer stay within the spring
housing, remove the thrust washer
separately after the axle shaft is removed.
2. Remove the snap ring retaining the sun gear on
the axle shaft.
3. Remove the sun gear from the axle shaft.
4. Remove the thrust washer from the axle shaft.
W
ith the axle shafts removed, the carrier assembly
removal, as well as servicing the internal hydraulic
brake tubing assemblies if equipped with the wet
brake option, is now possible.
NOTE: For recommended carrier removal procedure,
the AxleTech carrier maintenance manual 5.4 should
be used for recommended disassembly, inspection,
and reassembly procedures.
Disassembly of Wet Brake Actuation
Tubing Assembly
If the axle being serviced has a wet disc brake with
central actuation, then there will be internal wet brake
actuation tubing assemblies in the axle housing
assembly. These tubing assemblies will be accessible
for service when the carrier assembly, axle shaft and
planetary wheel ends are removed. “The following
service procedure is recommended to disassemble
the brake tubing assemblies, if required.
1. Loosen both the (2) M14 hydraulic nuts fitted to the
tee near the carrier bowl of the axle housing.
2. Loosen the hydraulic nut in the axle housing flange
ends that retains the opposite end of each tube
assembly. Mark tubing for later reassembly in
same locations.
3. The complete hydraulic tube assembly can now be
removed separately from the axle housing from
each of the housing flange ends.
4. The hydraulic tee can now be unscrewed from the
axle housing carrier bowl area.
NOTE: This inlet port had high strength thread locker
applied at original production assembly.
5. The M22 hydraulic inlet port can be removed,
only if required, from the axle housing.
Figure 2.19
SHIM
DOWEL
Section 2
Removal & Disassembly